Hwaseong City Launches Citizen Petition Campaign to Attract National Natural History Museum

Hwaseong City is launching a petition campaign to attract the National Natural History Museum.

An official from Hwaseong City stated, "In response to the government's move to promote the National Natural History Museum in Sejong City for political reasons, we are launching a citizen petition campaign with 530,000 signatures to attract the National Natural History Museum."

The city plans to collect 50,000 citizen signatures by July 15 and submit them to the government along with policy recommendation letters. The petition campaign will continue through August 15.

Meanwhile, Hwaseong City is home to the Dinosaur Egg Fossil Site, where Korea's first horned dinosaur, Koreanosaurus hwasungensis, was discovered in 2008 at Jungok Port in Hwaseong City, and dozens of dinosaur egg fossils have been found. The 4.86 million-pyeong site was designated as a Natural Monument in 2000 and serves as a repository for ecological research.